Joe_Knesek
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I'm not trying to start anything but I'd like to know how the "GAS" boat ended up against the Nitro boats at the Nats.
I'm not sure how this ties to my question. I just want to know how the gas boats finished.bzubee said:Joe no distinction in the rulebook disallowing Gas powered boats as long as they fit the engine class size. Which some of the engines do. At the first of the year this was an issue and it was finally dropped and not even brought up a the IMPBA boards Internats meeting. Until the rulebook is changed Gas powered boats should be allowed to participate in any sanctioned IMPBA event unless the race flyer states otherwise (i.e. no gass powered boats allowed in F classes) That is the whole idea of going by a national type rulebook so members from any where will no what the running rules will be at the event they wish to enter.
He was only .708 slower than the 1st place boat in SAW and 3.253 slower than the 1st place boat in oval.SayMikey said:Far as I know Gus Dolson raced f-mono with a gasser and made the trials,pretty good for a gas boat to make it at a national level......Mikey
SO Where does it state no gas in F class? I think that sentence is only a reference to the gas engine sizes elsewhere in the rule book.Don Ferrette said:" Joe no distinction in the rulebook disallowing Gas powered boats as long as they fit the engine class size. "
I don't want this to become another gas vs. nitro arguement/war/debate. I just want to point out the one sentence that sits all by itself DIRECTLY under the engine size classification chart you all keep referring to in thinking that if a gas engine is under 30cc it's legal in F hydro or mono.
This is a DIRECT QUOTE from the current rulebook-
"Note: For Large Scale Gasoline engine classes see section "I", Large Scale Gasoline."
This one sentence says quite clearly, if it's gas you go to a different section which was specifically created for gas with it's own displacement categories. There is your distinction, it tells you, in BOLD print I might add, to go elsewhere in the rulebook. As I have said before, I think the advancements recently in the gas engines is awesome & alot of my boating buddies run gas, but how this simple sentence continues to be overlooked baffles me........ :blink:
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